Using Remote Install: Dell OpenManage Remote Install User's Guide

Using Remote Install: Dell OpenManage™ Remote Install User's Guide

	Starting the Admin Console		User Interface Components
	Logging In		Viewing and Managing Logs
	User Interface Structure

Starting the Admin Console

This section describes how to start the image server from the image server or a remote system, and describes how to change your browser's language setting if necessary.

Starting from the Image Server

To start the admin console from the image server, start the Dell OpenManage systems management software solution from the Server Administrator desktop icon and then select Remote Install from the Application drop-down menu.

NOTE: If you have just rebooted the image server, you must wait two minutes between the time that you start Remote Install and the time that you can log in.

Starting from a Remote System

Enter the following Web address in your browser:

https://IPaddress:1311

where IPaddress is the IP address of the image server.

Changing Browser Language Settings

To ensure that the Remote Install interface displays properly, ensure that the Web browser that you use to view Remote Install uses the English language setting. (The Remote Install interface supports only English, although the system may be installed on a non-English operating system. See "New Operating System Languages Supported" for more information.)

Changing Your Browser Language Setting in Internet Explorer

In your Internet Explorer window, click Tools→ Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears. From the General tab, click Languages. The Languages dialog box appears. Use the buttons in this dialog box to add your desired language and move it to the top of the list.

Changing Your Browser Language Setting in Netscape Navigator

In your Netscape Navigator window, click Edit→ Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears. In the list of options, click Navigator to display suboptions. Click Languages under Navigator. Use the buttons in the dialog box to add your desired language and move it to the top of the list.

Logging In

To use Remote Install, you must have Administrator privileges in the operating system of the image server. The default user for the application is "Administrator." To add a new user to the image server, you must create a user with administrative privileges in the operating system of the image server.

To log in to Remote Install on the local system, perform the following steps:

Open a Web browser window and type the following line in the address field:

https://ipAddress:1311

where ipAddress is the IP address of the image server. The number 1311 is the default port number used by the Remote Install software's HTTPS server. The port number is configurable. If the port number has been configured, you must use the new port number.
On the Log In screen, type your user name and password and select Remote Install from the Application drop-down menu.
Click OK.

User Interface Structure

The Remote Install user interface consists of the following components:

Global navigation bar

Consists of the Preferences, Support, Help, About, and Log Out items in the upper-right corner of the screen as shown in Figure 1.
Component tree

Consists of the leftmost panel on the screen as shown in Figure 1. The component tree branches are labeled Systems, Images, Logs, Settings, and RAID Configuration.
Subnavigation bar

Consists of one or more action tabs associated with the component currently selected in the component tree; the subnavigation contains the Properties and Import/Export tabs as shown in Figure 1.
Lower subnavigation bar

Consists of menu items for the currently selected action tab; for the Images component, the lower subnavigation bar contains the List item as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Remote Install User Interface Layout

User Interface Components

When you click (select) an item in the component tree, the subnavigation bar displays a row of action tabs, each representing an allowable operation associated with the item. A tab in the subnavigation bar might be associated with several menu items on the lower subnavigation bar to further differentiate the operations. Table 1 shows a collection of the components and their associated action tabs.

Table 1. Remote Install User Interface Map

Component	Tab in Subnavigation Bar	Menu Item in Lower Subnavigation Bar	Functions
Systems	Properties	List	Lists target systems managed by Remote Install.
	Capture	Capture	Captures an image from a target system.
	Deploy	Deployment	Deploys an image to one or multiple target systems.
	Deploy	Predeployment	Registers a virtual system with Remote Install; associates an image and configuration to a Service Tag for automatic deployment upon physical installation of the virtual system.
	Configure	Configure	Configures a target system discovered by the image server.
Images	Properties	List	Lists images in the image server.
	Import/Export	Import	Imports an image from a file to the image server.
	Import/Export	Export	Exports an image from the image server to a file.
Logs	Properties	Activity	Displays, filters, sorts, and exports the activity log for managed target systems.
		Application	Exports a detailed information log used for debugging purposes.
		Command	Displays, prints, and exports a log that tracks commands issued through the Dell OpenManage systems management software solution interface and the users that performed those commands.
Settings	DHCP	List	Lists DHCP scopes.
Settings	Storage	List	Lists Storages used for storing images and update packages.
RAID Configuration	Properties	List	Lists the RAID configuration packages.
	Import/Export	Import	Imports a RAID configuration package to the image server.
	Import/Export	Export	Exports a RAID configuration package from the image server.
	Configure RAID	Configure RAID	Installs a RAID configuration to a target system.

Viewing and Managing Logs

Remote Install provides the following three logs for viewing and exporting:

Activity log — See "Logs→ Properties→ Activity" for information about this log.
Application log — See "Logs→ Properties→ Application" for information about this log.
Command log — See "Logs→ Properties→ Command" for information about this log.

You can also view debug logs, as files; see "Log Files" for more information.

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